Thursday, September 20, 2012

At least 54 killed in air raid
on fuel station in country's north, while army shells Yarmouk camp housing
Palestinians.

"At least 54 people have been killed when a jet fighter blew up a fuel station
amid heavy fighting between government and rebel forces in northern Syria, a
British-based monitoring group has said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists
across Syria reporting on government violence during the 18-month-old revolt,
cited an activist in al-Riqqa province as saying on Thursday.

"The petrol station is the only one that is still open to customers in the
area, and it was packed," a media activist who identified himself as Abu Muawiya
told the AFP news agency via Skype.
"It was hit by a fighter jet. The only reason why it would strike the petrol
station with a jet is to kill the highest number of people possible," he
said.

A video published by activists, said to be from al-Riqqa, showed black clouds
of smoke rising from the wreckage of the petrol station as residents examined
the scene after the attack by an air force jet......"